- embodiment, incarnation, avatar - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
--1 is a kind of personification
--1 has particulars: deification; reincarnation - avatar - the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form; "the Buddha is considered an avatar of the god Vishnu"
--2 is a kind of Hindu deity
--2 has particulars:Jagannath, Jagannatha, Jagganath, Juggernaut; Kalki; Krishna; Rama